Higher Ed Press Clips December 2007

December 28, 2007

Denver Post:

• Denver 4th Most Literate City
  
• Let’s Lift Casino Limits – Opinion
  

 Daily Camera:

• CU to Demolish Fine Arts Building
  

Coloradoan:

• Professor Finds New Technique
  

Sentinel:

• Oil and Gas Tax Hike on Rep. Curry’s Agenda
  

December 22-27, 2007

Denver Post:

• Private Colleges Work at Easing Burden on Middle Class Families
  
• Despite Poor Planning, Scholarship Worthy – Editorial
  
  
  Rocky Mountain News:
• Don’t Lift Gambling Limits – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Grads Celebrate Winter Commencement
  

Chieftain:

• Governor’s Agenda – Editorial
  

Sentinel:

• Rep. White to Propose No Limit Gambling
  
• Rolling the Dice on Education Funding – Editorial
  

December 20-21, 2007

Coloradoan:

• Bill to Focus on Taking Bioscience Research Results to Open Market
  
• Wind Research Has Extensive Implications – Editorial
  

Chieftain:

• Governor, Lawmakers Look for Ways to Fund State Needs
  
• Lawmakers Talk Prisons, Funds at Meetings
  

Sentinel:

• State Could Lose Millions in Royalties
  

December 19, 2007

Denver Post:

• Scholarship Program Shifts to ‘First Dollar In’
  
• Budget Options Slim After TABOR Timeout
  
• UC Denver Provost off to Indiana
  

Daily Camera:

• Online Retail Flooding CU Mailrooms
  

Chieftain:

• Tax Hike Needed to Fix State’s Fiscal Woes

December 18, 2007

Denver Post:

• CSU’s Fake Dog is a Spot on
  

Gazette:

• Court Won’t Rehear Challenge of In-State Tuition for Immigrants
  

December 15-17, 2007

Daily Camera:

• Study Abroad Pinched
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU Trying to Conserve Amid Building Boom
  

 Sentinel:

• Saccomanno Funds Award 420 Area Students
  

Colorado Daily:

• Limit Bucks for Books
  

December 14, 2007

Denver Post:

• Textbook Prices Changes Would be Open
  
• Lawsuit Opposes Rate Freeze on Property Taxes
  
• Focus on Pre-K to Postgrad – Guest Commentary
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• A ‘Beyond the Boom’ Fix
  

Daily Camera:

• Legislators Tackle Textbook Costs
  

Chieftain:

• Perino to Give CSU-P Commencement Address
  
• Think Tank Files Lawsuit Over Property Tax Mill Levy Freeze
  

December 13, 2007

Rocky Mountain News:

• Morgan County Educator Chosen as College President
  
• At the Confluence of Clashing Cultures
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU gets Radiation Machine
  

Durango Herald:

• Higher Education’s Economic Impact – Editorial
  

Tribune:

• UNC to Graduate 750 Over the Weekend
  

December 12, 2007

Denver Post:

• School Loan Program Offering Cash Referrals Shut Down
  

Sentinel:

• Study: Higher Ed Drives Economy
  

Colorado Daily:

• College a Money Multiplier
  

December 11, 2007

Denver Post:

• Colo. Colleges Short on Grads
  
• Vast Cash Infusions Would get Higher Ed to ‘Average’
  
• Student Loan Market Feels Credit Squeeze
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Colleges Give State Economic Boost
  

Daily Camera:

• Colo. Colleges Have Multi-Billion Impact on State
  

Coloradoan:

• Officials Link Higher Education Funding with Healthy Economy
  
• Work on $42M Center at CSU Vet School Starts
  

Chieftain:

• Education Study Touts Benefit of Higher Ed Spending
  

Durango Herald:

• Colleges Boost State Economy
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Higher Ed’s Impact Measured
  

 

December 8-10, 2007

Denver Post:

• A Wise Investment in State’s Two Year Schools – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• ‘Permanent Fund’ Repeatedly Tapped for Passing Needs
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Accuser to Get New Diploma
  

Coloradoan:

• State, PSD Working on Graduation Standards
  

Chieftain:

• P-20 Council Goals
  
• Truancy and Dropout Rates – Editorial
  

Post Independent:

• Rifle Women Wins Scholarship for Granddaughter
  

 

December 7, 2007

Denver Post:

• Early Education Could be a Boost – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• CU Throws in the Towel – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• Barnett Slams CU Settlement
  
• End of Long Sad Chapter – Editorial
  

Coloradoan:

• Historian Closes Book on Second Volume of CSU History
  
• Tour to Educate Public on Biocontainment Lab
  

Chieftain:

• CCHE Removes Pueblo County from Adams State’s Boundaries
  
• Science Programs Gain Exemption at CSU-P
  

Sentinel:

• Don’t Move More Money to Education, Says Senator
  

Aurora Sentinel:

• Legislators May Take Anschutz Case to Capitol
  

December 6, 2007

Denver Post:

• Ritter Pencils in School Plan
  
• $2.8 Million Deal in CU Rape Case
  
• Metro State’s Prof Pay Plan Okay’d but Delayed Until 2009
  
• CU’s Guidelines Now Cover all 16 Sports
  
• Rape Settlement Should be a Lesson for University – Editorial
  
• History Museum Plan is a Winner – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• $2.85 M Handshake Vows Changes at CU
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Settles Suit for $2.85 M
  
• CU will Add a Title IX Adviser
  
• Recruiting Reforms
  
• Timeline of the Case
  

Coloradoan:

• Roof Fire Damages New CSU Dorm
  
• Employee’s Arrest Convinces CSU to Put Background Checks on Fast Track
  

Chieftain:

• Governor Targets Drop-outs
  

December 5, 2007

Denver Post:

• CSU Employee Arrested in Two Sex Assaults
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Finalists for Top CCD Job
  

Coloradoan:

• Professor with Non-threatening Rifle Causes Brief Stir
  

Sentinel:

• Daniels Fund Gives College $500,000 Gift
  
• State’s Mineral Haul is Nation’s 4th Best
  

Tribune:

• Higher-Education Needs Funding Relief, Officials Say
  

December 4, 2007

Denver Post:

• CU Counting on Presidential Ally
  
• Metro State Pay Plan Isn’t Ready – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• Giant Menorah to Shine on CU Campus
  

Chieftain:

• College Students Hear AIDS Information
  
  

December 1-3, 2007

Denver Post:

• Metro State’s Merit Pay All Tied Up
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Black Holes May Bring Light to Mystery
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Grads’ Gowns May go Gold
  
• CU’s Professors of Distinction
  

Chieftain:

• Funding, Enrollment Crucial Issues at ASC
  
• Adams State Gets Okay to Expand its Programs
  
• The Right to Know – Editorial
  

Gazette:

• Schools ask State for Building Funds